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Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
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THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
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THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
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On 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its Judgment in the conjoined appeals of Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft (the Judgment). The case concerned liability arising from the payment of commission by lenders to motor...more
The Most Favored Nation (MFN) provision in a loan agreement is a lender protection mechanism that is typically seen in credit facilities permitting an uncommitted incremental facility. The MFN provision, a term originating...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Subscription credit facilities rely on the obligations of investors to a private investment fund (“Fund”) to contribute their capital commitments to the Fund when called. From a subscription credit...more
As set out in our previous Cabinet News & Views issue of December 2024 here, the Court of Appeal has found that some commissions paid to car dealerships for arranging loans were potentially unlawful as the loan agreements did...more
On 27 September 2023, the British High Court ruled that the claimant relying on the defendant’s report suffered no actionable loss, despite the defendant’s admission of negligence. ...more
On October 9, a Florida state senator introduced SB 146, which would add a new section to the Florida Consumer Finance Act (CFA), attempting to curb evasion of the CFA. SB 146 would treat all payments incident to the loan as...more
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In our last article (here), we examined a choice-of-law provision that, if applied, would violate New York public policy concerning usurious loans. In that case, Virginia law, which does not prohibit...more
In Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate & Debt Fund II, LLC v. Park Street Group Realty Services, LLC, the Michigan Supreme Court considered whether a court may enforce a usury savings clause in a mortgage agreement. A usury...more
The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that California law treats default interest measured against the unpaid principal balance of a loan as an unenforceable penalty. In Honchariw v. FJM Private Mortgage Fund, LLC...more
MKY Capital Pte Ltd v MDR Ltd and Ethoz Capital Ltd v Im8ex Pte Ltd are two cases this year that considered a claim for payment of the full “make whole” interest amount. In both, the court refused to allow the claim. “Make...more
On the eve of the Great Depression, the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving made a big change by introducing small bills. The Bureau reduced the size of bills by about 30% to save money on ink and paper - the...more
Mr. Sims is a retired veteran living on a fixed income in California. Last year, he " "responded to online marketing" on a website maintained by OppLoans, a Delaware limited liability company with an Illinois address. Mr....more
Access to credit is a question of paramount importance to borrowers navigating uncertain times, and as market participants work to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the broader economy, the question has arisen as to whether...more
Projections of the full impact of COVID-19 (more commonly known as the coronavirus) on the economy remain extremely uncertain and continue to reflect a variety of outcomes. As a result of this uncertainty, businesses who have...more
“Nel contratto di mutuo non è giuridicamente configurabile un tasso di interesse negativo che incida sul capitale mutuato. Conseguentemente, quando il tasso d’interesse sia stato pattuito in misura variabile, esso non può...more
A group of small businesses and their individual owners have filed a putative class action lawsuit in a New York federal district court against online lender Kabbage, Inc. that alleges Kabbage engaged in a “rent-a-charter”...more
Todd Gee Gives the Good and Bad News on Loan Guarantees in California - The bank asks for a personal guarantee on your business loan. The good news is California is a borrower-friendly state. The bad news is California law...more
Suppose you’ve entered into a financial arrangement that resembles a lending agreement, but it is not formally designated as such, and you think you’re paying too much....more